257 results for: Restaurants
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Emil Schanno standing on bridge near Alki Point, Seattle, 1890
Emil Sabastian Schanno (1872-1936) was born in The Dalles, Oregon, to Charles Francis Schanno (1833-1889), a brewer born in France, and Emma Hannah (Bartlett) Schanno (1848-1894). In 1904 in Walla Walla Emil married Alice May (Cameron) Schanno (1869-1952); by 1910 they were living near Alki Point in West Seattle, where they operated one of the area's first restaurants, at 2758…
ID Number:2000.52.21
Date:1890
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Anwar Aboul Hosn with tray of baklava, December 1977
Anwar Aboul Hosn (also spelled Abou El Hosn, Abouelhosn, or Aboul Hossen) came to Seattle in 1973 and purchased the Ali Baba restaurant at 707 East Pine Street in 1977. On New Year’s Day 1978, Anwar Aboul Hosn donated 100% of the proceeds from his restaurant that day to help fellow Lebanese people left homeless by the two-year-old Lebanese civil…
ID Number:2000.107.001.17.01
Date:1977
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Three young Mariners fans tasting new vendor offerings at Kingdome, April 8, 1991
In this photo, Mariners fans Chaz Welsh (age 12), left, Andy Neyens (12) and Tom O'Hearn (11) taste-test various new offerings from Ivar's, Pizza Hut, Ezell's and others prior to the Mariners' 1991 season opener at the Kingdome.
ID Number:2000.107.015.30.01
Date:1991
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Chinese New Year guests at Ruby Chow's, Seattle, January 1966
The 1966 Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, began on January 21. To celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Horse, the Chinese Community Service Organization sponsored a ten-course banquet at Ruby Chow's restaurant in Chinatown, attended by more than 200 guests, including Governor Dan Evans and his wife, Nancy. Here, some of the banquet guests gather around…
ID Number:2000.107.036.09.05
Date:1966
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Tommy Quan with Chinese New Year dinner tickets, Seattle, January 1970
In 1970, the Year of the Dog was ushered in with a four-day celebration in Seattle's Chinatown neighborhood (now the Chinatown-International District). The festivities for the Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, were planned by the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce and included tours of Chinatown and two gala 10-course Chinese dinners. Held at Gum Long's Prestaurant at 516 7th…
ID Number:2000.107.036.10.06
Date:1970
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Barista Jeffrey Kirihara working at Nordstrom's espresso bar, July 12, 1990
In this photo, Jeffrey Kirihara, barista at an outdoor espresso bar in front of Nordstrom, cleans the front of his espresso station as patrons on the patio enjoy their beverages. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.039.02.05
Date:1990
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Huynh family waiting to greet family from Vietnam at Sea-Tac Airport, March 25, 1985
In April 1975, Phuoc Huynh and his wife Minh Chanh were among the thousands of Vietnamese people who fled the country at the end of the Vietnam War. Huynh had worked for the US Embassy in Saigon and feared persecution for his association with the South Vietnamese government and the US. Huynh and Chanh escaped to the US, but were…
ID Number:2000.107.095.05.01
Date:1985
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Minh Chanh and Phuoc Huynh at Cafe Loc, Seattle, September 20, 1978
In the 1970s, Vietnamese food was unfamiliar to most Americans. In Seattle, this began to change with the opening of several small Vietnamese restaurants. One of these, Café Loc, was located at 407 Broad Street, near Seattle Center. By 1978, the restaurant was doing well. Owner-cook Minh Chanh Huynh and her husband Phuoc Huynh had met in their native Vietnam,…
ID Number:2000.107.095.05.02
Date:1978
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Yao Unaf Saeturn farming near Woodinville, July 21, 1982
The Indochinese Farm Project began in 1982 with 18 acres of land along the Sammamish River. Funded in part by King County and the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (Market PDA), the Indochinese Farm project was a joint project of the Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs and Bethany Presbyterian Church. Through the project, refugees from Laos,…
ID Number:2000.107.110.16.04
Date:1982
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Shoua Chang working on her farm near Woodinville, 1984
The Indochinese Farm Project began in 1982 with 18 acres of land along the Sammamish River. Funded in part by King County and the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (Market PDA), the Indochinese Farm project was a joint project of the Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs and Bethany Presbyterian church. Through the project, refugees from Laos…
ID Number:2000.107.110.16.05
Date:1984